If you have a better learning method,tell your friend to help him/her make greater progress.

Ⅱ.Teaching Key Points

1.Key Vocabulary

2.Read an article.

3.Write something using the targetlanguage.

Ⅲ.Teaching Difficult Point

Write a letter using the target language.

Ⅳ.Teaching Methods

1.Teaching by illumination

2.Teaching by demonstration

Ⅴ.Teaching Aids

A projector

A tape recorder

Ⅵ.Teaching Procedures

Step Ⅰ Revision

Check homework.See if students have taught their partners how to learn English effectively.

Say to the class,Check your partners’progress regularly and offer as much help as you can.

Show the key vocabulary words on the screen by a projector.

later on 以后，随后

be afraid to 害怕去做……

laugh at 嘲笑；取笑

complete adj. 完整的；完全的

secret n. 密诀；诀窍；秘密

learner n. 学习者

take notes 做笔记；做记录

term n. 学期

impress v. 使感动；给深刻印象

fast adv. 快地；迅速地

Say the words and have students repeat after you again and again until they can pronounce the words fluently and accurately.

Step Ⅱ 3a

This activity provides reading practice using the target language.

Call attention to the article.Read it to the class or have a student read it for you.Point to the statements in the box beneath the article.Explain to the class that they will read the article and then write T or F after each statement.

Point out the sample answer.Help students find the information in the reading and read the sentence to the class:She spoke too quickly.Ask students to do the activity individually.Walk around the room answering any questions students may have about the reading.

Check the answers.

Answers

1.F2.F3.T4.T5.F6.T7.T

Ask,Why are the false sentences false?Help students find relevant information in the reading.

1. ...,she(the teacher) spoke too quickly,...

2. ...I thought my classmates might laugh at me.

3.I think that doing lots of listening practice is...

Step Ⅲ 3b

This activity provides reading and writing practice using the target language.

Call attention to the letter and point out that it contains several blank lines.Read the letter to the class saying blank each time you come to a blank line.

Say,Please complete the letter on your own.Remind students that they should look back at Activity 2b.As they work,move around the room offering help and answering questions as needed.

Check the answers by having a student write his/her work on the blackboard.Help correct any errors.Answers to the letter will vary.

Dear Wei Ming,

I know it isn’t easy to learn English,but I have..., not every word.You also said that you often forgot a lot of new words.Well,try writing the new words in your notebook and studying them at home.That helps a lot.If you keep on doing this,you will get good grades in English.

Yours,

Liu Chang

Step Ⅳ 3c

This activity provides writing practice using the target language.

Read the instructions to the class.Demonstrate how to do the activity.Ask students to take turns suggesting things that have been the most helpful.Make a list of ideas on the blackboard.

Say,Write an article about the things that have helped you the most.Use these suggestions on the blackboard with your own ideas to write your article.You may also use the article in Activity 3a as a model.As they begin to write,move around the room providing help as needed.It doesn’t matter whether they write only a sentence or a longer article.Ask students to read their letters to a partner.

If there isn’t enough time for all students to finish the letter,allow them to finish it after class.

The answers will vary.

Step Ⅴ Part 4 Interview

This activity provides oral and writing practice using the target language.

Read the instructions to the class.Focus attention on the chart.Set a time limit of one minute.Students read the headlines and the questions silently.

Demonstrate how to fill the information in the chart.

Wei Ming

Name

Name

Question 1

grammar

Question 2

take lots of grammarnotes in class

Question 3

listening to English songs

Ask students to interview three students and fill in the chart.

As they work,move around the room to make sure students interview their partners in English and know how to fill the information in the chart.Get a couple of students to tell the class about one of the people they interviewed.For example,My friend Wei Ming thinks grammar isn’t easy for him.So he takes lots of notes in class.In his spare time,he likes listening to English songs.

Answers to this activity will vary.

Step Ⅵ Summary

Say,In this class,we’ve mainly done much reading and writing practice.

Step Ⅶ Homework

(1)Finish off the article in Activity 3c.

(2)Write about one of the people interviewed in Activity 4.

Step Ⅷ Blackboard Design

Unit 1How do you study for a test?

Section B

The Fifth Period

1.A sample letter to Activity 3b:

Dear Wei Ming,

I know it isn’t easy to Learn English,but I have...,not every word.You also said that you often forgot a lot of new words.Well,try writing the new words in your notebook and studying at home.That helps a lot.If you keep on doing this,you will get good grades in English.